Causes of the revolution

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• mail brought into America

• legal documents and newspapers

• sugar and molasses

• tea

Why did King George want to tax the colonists?

• to pay for repairing British forts in America

• to pay for his new palace

• to punish them for losing the French and Indian War

• to pay his debts for the French and Indian War

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

Placed a tax on tea, lead, glass, and paint.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Event where the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, boarded English ships and dumped the tea crates into Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act.

• Boston Massacre

• Bunker Hill

• Boston Tea Party

• Town Meeting

Why did Britain start taxing the colonists?

• They wanted more money in the bank.

• They were in debt after the French and Indian War

• They wanted to make the colonists mad for not helping the British against the French.

• They were upset about the Proclamation of 1763

Which statement is MOSTLY true about the colonies after the French and Indian War?

• Most colonists lost interest in gaining independence.

• Most colonists liked the new taxes to pay for the war.

• Most colonists wanted to return to England after the war.

• Most colonists disagreed with the new taxes to pay for the war

The ______________ put a tax on all paper goods after the French and Indian War.

• Stamp Act

• Supplies Act

• Paper Act

• Sugar Act

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were forced to pay additional taxes for moving west.

• Colonists were not allowed to move WEST of the Rocky Mountains.

• Colonists were not allowed to move WEST of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Colonists were not allowed to move SOUTH into Florida.

Which of the following BEST explains the phrase, "No taxation without representation?"

• Colonists did not like being taxed without having a representative in the British government.

• Colonists did not like being taxed without collecting more stamps for official documents. 

• Colonists did not like being taxed without receiving military protection from the British government.

• Colonists did not like being taxed without gaining more lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.